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Metagenomic Approaches to Analyze Antimicrobial Resistance: an overview
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01) ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; PERDIGÃO, José; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de
Antimicrobial resistance is a major global public health problem, which develops when pathogens acquire antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), primarily through genetic recombination between commensal and pathogenic microbes. The resistome is a collection of all ARGs. In microorganisms, the primary method of ARG acquisition is horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Thus, understanding and identifying HGTs, can provide insight into the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance transmission and dissemination. The use of high-throughput sequencing technologies has made the analysis of ARG sequences feasible and accessible. In particular, the metagenomic approach has facilitated the identification of community-based antimicrobial resistance. This approach is useful, as it allows access to the genomic data in an environmental sample without the need to isolate and culture microorganisms prior to analysis. Here, we aimed to reflect on the challenges of analyzing metagenomic data in the three main approaches for studying antimicrobial resistance: (i) analysis of microbial diversity, (ii) functional gene analysis, and (iii) searching the most complete and pertinent resistome databases.
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Genomic and Metabolomic Analyses of Natural Products in Nodularia spumigena Isolated from a Shrimp Culture Pond
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020) POPIN, Rafael Vicentini; DELBAJE, Endrews; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; RIGONATO, Janaina; DÖRR, Felipe Augusto; PINTO JUNIOR, Ernani; SIVONEN, Kaarina; FIORE, Marli de Fátima
The bloom-forming cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena CENA596 encodes the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of the known natural products nodularins, spumigins, anabaenopeptins/namalides, aeruginosins, mycosporin-like amino acids, and scytonemin, along with the terpenoid geosmin. Targeted metabolomics confirmed the production of these metabolic compounds, except for the alkaloid scytonemin. Genome mining of N. spumigena CENA596 and its three closely related Nodularia strains—two planktonic strains from the Baltic Sea and one benthic strain from Japanese marine sediment—revealed that the number of BGCs in planktonic strains was higher than in benthic one. Geosmin—a volatile compound with unpleasant taste and odor—was unique to the Brazilian strain CENA596. Automatic annotation of the genomes using subsystems technology revealed a related number of coding sequences and functional roles. Orthologs from the Nodularia genomes are involved in the primary and secondary metabolisms. Phylogenomic analysis of N. spumigena CENA596 based on 120 conserved protein sequences positioned this strain close to the Baltic Nodularia. Phylogeny of the 16S rRNA genes separated the Brazilian CENA596 strain from those of the Baltic Sea, despite their high sequence identities (99% identity, 100% coverage). The comparative analysis among planktic Nodularia strains showed that their genomes were considerably similar despite their geographically distant origin.
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Whole-Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis PAT10 Strain Isolated from Sheep in Patagonia, Argentina
(American Society for Microbiology, 2011-11) CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; ALI, Amjad; BARBOSA, Maria Silvanira Ribeiro; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; OLIVEIRA, Rodrigo Santos de; BARH, Debmalya; SHARMA, Neha Barve; ZAMBARE, Vasudeo; BELCHIOR, Silvia Estevão; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; TAUCH, Andreas; TROST, Eva; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da
In this work, we report the complete genome sequence of a Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis PAT10 isolate, collected from a lung abscess in an Argentine sheep in Patagonia, whose pathogen also required an investigation of its pathogenesis. Thus, the analysis of the genome sequence offers a means to better understanding of the molecular and genetic basis of virulence of this bacterium.
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Complete Genome Sequence of Type Strain Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis NCTC 10354
(American Society for Microbiology, 2011-10) STYNEN, Ana Paula Reinato; LAGE, Andrey Pereira; MOORE, Robert J.; REZENDE, Antonio Mauro; FERREIRA, Vívian D'Afonseca da Silva; RUY, Patrícia de Cássia; OLIVEIRA, Nesley Jesus Daher de; RESENDE, Daniela de Melo; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ROCHA, Aryane Aparecida Magalhães Cassiano; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; COUTO, Danielle Costa Carrara; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; MIYOSHI, Anderson; LIMA, Alex Ranieri Jerônimo; CAMPOS, Frederico Davi da Silva; SÁ, Pablo Henrique Caracciolo Gomes de; LOPES, Thiago Souza; RODRIGUES, Ryan Maurício Araújo; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; LEÃO, Tiago Ferreira; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; RUIZ, Jeronimo Conceição
Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis is the etiologic agent of bovine genital campylobacteriosis, a sexually transmitted disease of cattle that is of worldwide importance. The complete sequencing and annotation of the genome of the type strain C. fetus subsp. venerealis NCTC 10354T are reported.
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Quadruplex PCR assay for identification of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis differentiating biovar Ovis and Equi
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2017) ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; DORNELES, Elaine Maria Seles; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; SOUSA, Cassiana Severiano de; ALVES, Jorianne Thyeska Castro; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; VILAS BOAS, Priscilla Carolinne Bagano; SPIER, Sharon; BARH, Debmalya; LAGE, Andrey Pereira; FIGUEIREDO, Henrique Cesar Pereira; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Background: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is classified into two biovars, nitrate-negative biovar Ovis which is the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis in small ruminants and nitrate-positive biovar Equi, which causes abscesses and ulcerative lymphangitis in equines. The aim of this study was to develop a quadruplex PCR assay that would allow simultaneous detection and biovar-typing of C. pseudotuberculosis. Methods: In the present study, genomes of C. pseudotuberculosis strains were used to identify the genes involved in the nitrate reduction pathway to improve a species identification three-primer multiplex PCR assay. The nitrate reductase gene (narG) was included in the PCR assay along with the 16S, rpoB and pld genes to enhance the diagnosis of the multiplex PCR at biovar level. Results: A novel quadruplex PCR assay for C. pseudotuberculosis species and biovar identification was developed. The results of the quadruplex PCR of 348 strains, 346 previously well-characterized clinical isolates of C. pseudotuberculosis from different hosts (goats, sheep, horse, cattle, buffalo, llamas and humans), the vaccine strain 1002 and the type strain ATCC 19410T , were compared to the results of nitrate reductase identification by biochemical test. The McNemar’s Chi-squared test used to compare the two methods used for C. pseudotuberculosis biovar identification showed no significant difference (P = 0.75) [95% CI for odds ratio (0.16–6.14)] between the quadruplex PCR and the nitrate biochemical test. Concordant results were observed for 97.13% (338 / 348) of the tested strains and the kappa value was 0.94 [95% CI (0.90–0.98)]. Conclusions: The ability of the quadruplex assay to discriminate between C. pseudotuberculosis biovar Ovis and Equi strains enhances its usefulness in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
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CMRegNet–An interspecies reference database for corynebacterial and mycobacterial regulatory networks
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2015-06) ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; TIWARI, Sandeep; HASSAN, Syed Shah; MARIANO, Diego César Batista; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; BAUMBACH, Jan; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; RÖTTGER, Richard
Background: Organisms utilize a multitude of mechanisms for responding to changing environmental conditions, maintaining their functional homeostasis and to overcome stress situations. One of the most important mechanisms is transcriptional gene regulation. In-depth study of the transcriptional gene regulatory network can lead to various practical applications, creating a greater understanding of how organisms control their cellular behavior. Description: In this work, we present a new database, CMRegNet for the gene regulatory networks of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. We furthermore transferred the known networks of these model organisms to 18 other non-model but phylogenetically close species (target organisms) of the CMNR group. In comparison to other network transfers, for the first time we utilized two model organisms resulting into a more diverse and complete network of the target organisms. Conclusion: CMRegNet provides easy access to a total of 3,103 known regulations in C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 and M. tuberculosis H37Rv and to 38,940 evolutionary conserved interactions for 18 non-model species of the CMNR group. This makes CMRegNet to date the most comprehensive database of regulatory interactions of CMNR bacteria. The content of CMRegNet is publicly available online via a web interface found at http://lgcm.icb.ufmg.br/cmregnet.
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Draft genome sequences of two species of “difficult-to-identify” human-pathogenic corynebacteria: implications for better identification tests.
(Ivyspring International Publisher, 2015) PACHECO, Luis Gustavo Carvalho; GUARALDI, Ana Luiza de Mattos; SANTOS, Carolina Silva; VERAS, Adonney Allan de Oliveira; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; PEREIRA, Felipe Luiz; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; CARVALHO, Alex Fiorini de; LEAL, Carlos Augusto Gomes; FIGUEIREDO, Henrique Cesar Pereira; RAMOS, Juliana Nunes; VIEIRA, Verônica Viana; FARFOUR, Eric; GUISO, Nicole; HIRATA JÚNIOR, Raphael; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca
Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium species have been increasingly recognized as the causative agents of infections in humans. Differential identification of these bacteria in the clinical microbiology laboratory by the most commonly used biochemical tests is challenging, and normally requires additional molecular methods. Herein, we present the annotated draft genome sequences of two isolates of “difficult-to-identify” human-pathogenic corynebacterial species: C. xerosis and C. minutissimum. The genome sequences of ca. 2.7 Mbp, with a mean number of 2,580 protein en coding genes, were also compared with the publicly available genome sequences of strains of C. amycolatum and C. striatum. These results will aid the exploration of novel biochemical reactions to improve existing identification tests as well as the development of more accurate molecular identification methods through detection of species-specific target genes for isolate’s identification or drug susceptibility profiling.
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Genome sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118, a GABA - producing strain
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-10) SARAIVA, Tessália Diniz Luerce; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; SÁ, Pablo Henrique Caracciolo Gomes de; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; MIRANDA, Fábio Malcher; FREIRA, Matheus; RENAN, Wendal; OLIVEIRA JÚNIOR, Alberto Fernandes de; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SOUZA, Bianca Mendes; CASTRO, Camila Prósperi de; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; ROCHA, Clarissa Santos; MARIANO, Diego César Batista; AGUIAR, Edgar Lacerda de; FOLADOR, Edson Luiz; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; GONÇALVES, Lucas Amorim; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; AZEVEDO, Marcela; AGRESTI, Pamela Mancha; SOUZA, Renata de Faria Silva; TIWARI, Sandeep; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; HASSAN, Syed Shah; PEREIRA, Vanessa Bastos; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; CARVALHO, Alex Fiorini de; PEREIRA, Felipe Luiz; LEAL, Carlos Augusto Gomes; FIGUEIREDO, Henrique Cesar Pereira; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118 is a nondairy lactic acid bacterium, a xylose fermenter, and a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) producer isolated from frozen peas. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of L. lactis NCDO 2118, a strain with probiotic potential activity.
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Proteome scale comparative modeling for conserved drug and vaccine targets identification in Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2014) HASSAN, Syed Shah; TIWARI, Sandeep; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; BACHA, Syed Babar Jamal; FOLADOR, Edson Luiz; SHARMA, Neha Barve; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; ALI, Amjad; ISLAM, Arshad; PÓVOA, Fabiana Dias; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; JAIN, Neha; FERREIRA, Rafaela Salgado; BHATTACHARYA, Antaripa; JUNEJA, Lucky; MIYOSHI, Anderson; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; BARH, Debmalya; TURJANSKI, Adrian Gustavo; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Cp) is a pathogenic bacterium that causes caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), ulcerative lymphangitis, mastitis, and edematous to a broad spectrum of hosts, including ruminants, thereby threatening economic and dairy industries worldwide. Currently there is no effective drug or vaccine available against Cp. To identify new targets, we adopted a novel integrative strategy, which began with the prediction of the modelome (tridimensional protein structures for the proteome of an organism, generated through comparative modeling) for 15 previously sequenced C. pseudotuberculosis strains. This pan-modelomics approach identified a set of 331 conserved proteins having 95-100% intra-species sequence similarity. Next, we combined subtractive proteomics and modelomics to reveal a set of 10 Cp proteins, which may be essential for the bacteria. Of these, 4 proteins (tcsR, mtrA, nrdI, and ispH) were essential and non-host homologs (considering man, horse, cow and sheep as hosts) and satisfied all criteria of being putative targets. Additionally, we subjected these 4 proteins to virtual screening of a drug-like compound library. In all cases, molecules predicted to form favorable interactions and which showed high complementarity to the target were found among the top ranking compounds. The remaining 6 essential proteins (adk, gapA, glyA, fumC, gnd, and aspA) have homologs in the host proteomes. Their active site cavities were compared to the respective cavities in host proteins. We propose that some of these proteins can be selectively targeted using structure-based drug design approaches (SBDD). Our results facilitate the selection of C. pseudotuberculosis putative proteins for developing broad-spectrum novel drugs and vaccines. A few of the targets identified here have been validated in other microorganisms, suggesting that our modelome strategy is effective and can also be applicable to other pathogens.
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The Pan-Genome of the Animal Pathogen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Reveals Differences in Genome Plasticity between the Biovar ovis and equi Strains
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01) SOARES, Siomar de Castro; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; TROST, Eva; BLOM, Jochen; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; ALI, Amjad; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; HASSAN, Syed Shah; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MIYOSHI, Anderson; TAUCH, Andreas; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the causative agent of several infectious and contagious chronic diseases, including caseous lymphadenitis, ulcerative lymphangitis, mastitis, and edematous skin disease, in a broad spectrum of hosts. In addition, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infections pose a rising worldwide economic problem in ruminants. The complete genome sequences of 15 C. pseudotuberculosis strains isolated from different hosts and countries were comparatively analyzed using a pan-genomic strategy. Phylogenomic, pan-genomic, core genomic, and singleton analyses revealed close relationships among pathogenic corynebacteria, the clonal-like behavior of C. pseudotuberculosis and slow increases in the sizes of pan-genomes. According to extrapolations based on the pan-genomes, core genomes and singletons, the C. pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis shows a more clonal-like behavior than the C. pseudotuberculosis biovar equi. Most of the variable genes of the biovar ovis strains were acquired in a block through horizontal gene transfer and are highly conserved, whereas the biovar equi strains contain great variability, both intra- and inter-biovar, in the 16 detected pathogenicity islands (PAIs). With respect to the gene content of the PAIs, the most interesting finding is the high similarity of the pilus genes in the biovar ovis strains compared with the great variability of these genes in the biovar equi strains. Concluding, the polymerization of complete pilus structures in biovar ovis could be responsible for a remarkable ability of these strains to spread throughout host tissues and penetrate cells to live intracellularly, in contrast with the biovar equi, which rarely attacks visceral organs. Intracellularly, the biovar ovis strains are expected to have less contact with other organisms than the biovar equi strains, thereby explaining the significant clonal-like behavior of the biovar ovis strains.
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Exoproteome and Secretome Derived Broad Spectrum Novel Drug and Vaccine Candidates in Vibrio cholerae Targeted by Piper betel Derived Compounds
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01) BARH, Debmalya; SHARMA, Neha Barve; GUPTA, Krishnakant; CHANDRA, Sudha; JAIN, Neha; TIWARI, Sandeep; LEON-SICAIROS, Nidia; CANIZALEZ-ROMAN, Adrian; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; HASSAN, Syed Shah; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; CASTRO, Thiago Luiz de Paula; MIYOSHI, Anderson; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; KUMAR, Anil; NARAYAN MISRA, Amarendra; BLUM, Kenneth; BRAVERMAN, Eric R.; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Vibrio cholerae is the causal organism of the cholera epidemic, which is mostly prevalent in developing and underdeveloped countries. However, incidences of cholera in developed countries are also alarming. Because of the emergence of new drug resistant strains, even though several generic drugs and vaccines have been developed over time, Vibrio infections remain a global health problem that appeals for the development of novel drugs and vaccines against the pathogen. Here, applying comparative proteomic and reverse vaccinology approaches to the exoproteome and secretome of the pathogen, we have identified three candidate targets (ompU, uppP and yajC) for most of the pathogenic Vibrio strains. Two targets (uppP and yajC) are novel to Vibrio, and two targets (uppP and ompU) can be used to develop both drugs and vaccines (dual targets) against broad spectrum Vibrio serotypes. Using our novel computational approach, we have identified three peptide vaccine candidates that have high potential to induce both B- and T-cell-mediated immune responses from our identified two dual targets. These two targets were modeled and subjected to virtual screening against natural compounds derived from Piper betel. Seven compounds were identified first time from Piper betel to be highly effective to render the function of these targets to identify them as emerging potential drugs against Vibrio. Our preliminary validation suggests that these identified peptide vaccines and betel compounds are highly effective against Vibrio cholerae. Currently we are exhaustively validating these targets, candidate peptide vaccines, and betel derived lead compounds against a number of Vibrio species.
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Reannotation of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129 genome as a new approach to studying gene targets connected to virulence and pathogenicity in diphtheria
(Dove Medical Press, 2012-02) FERREIRA, Vívian D'Afonseca da Silva; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ALI, Amjad; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; ROCHA, Aryane Aparecida Magalhães Cassiano; FARIA, Cássio de Jesus; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ESLABÃO, Marcus Redü; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ZERLOTINI NETO, Adhemar; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; HIRATA JÚNIOR, Raphael; GUARALDI, Ana Luiza de Mattos; TROST, Eva; TAUCH, Andreas; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Background: The reannotation of genomes already on file is a new approach to discovering new genetic elements and to make the genomes more descriptive and current with relevant features regarding the organism’s lifestyle. Within this approach, the present study aimed to reannotate the genome of the Gram-positive human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria. The deposit of massive amounts of information linked to other spe cies of the genus Corynebacterium has facilitated the updating of the genomic interpretation of this microorganism. Additionally, the emergence of invasive disease by nontoxigenic strains of C. diphtheriae and the reemergence of diphtheria in partially immunized populations have given impetus to new studies in relation to its structural and functional genome. Results: In relation to structural genomics, 23 coding regions (coding sequences) were deleted and 71 new genes were added to the genome annotation. Nevertheless, all the pseudogenes were validated and ten new pseudogenes were created. In relation to functional genomics, about 57% of the genome annotation was updated and became functionally more informative. The product descriptions of 41% (973 proteins) were updated. Among them, 370 that were previously annotated as “hypothetical proteins,” now have more informative descriptions. With the new annotation, the plasticity of the genome became evident, which shows improvements in the annotation of 13 pathogenicity islands already described in the literature. In addition, the large number of transposases and the presence of structural genes of bacteriophages make their genomic versatility evident. Contrasting with this reality, it also allowed the clarification of some aspects concerned with mechanisms used by C. diphtheriae to stop the invasion of the genome by bacteriophages, mediated by the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats region. Conclusion: The reannotation of the C. diphtheriae genome provided an improvement in annotation of the C. diphtheriae genome in several aspects, such as virulence characteristics and plasticity events. Moreover, the protocol used here can be extended to various other pathogens in order to improve the genomic information already on file in public databases and to minimize propagating errors. The reannotated archive and updated archive are available at: http://lgcm. icb.ufmg.br/pub/C_diphtheriae_reannotation.embl.
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PIPS: Pathogenicity Island Prediction Software
(Public Library of Science, 2012-02) SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; BAUMBACH, Jan; TROST, Eva; TAUCH, Andreas; HIRATA JÚNIOR, Raphael; GUARALDI, Ana Luiza de Mattos; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
The adaptability of pathogenic bacteria to hosts is influenced by the genomic plasticity of the bacteria, which can be increased by such mechanisms as horizontal gene transfer. Pathogenicity islands play a major role in this type of gene transfer because they are large, horizontally acquired regions that harbor clusters of virulence genes that mediate the adhesion, colonization, invasion, immune system evasion, and toxigenic properties of the acceptor organism. Currently, pathogenicity islands are mainly identified in silico based on various characteristic features: (1) deviations in codon usage, G+C content or dinucleotide frequency and (2) insertion sequences and/or tRNA genetic flanking regions together with transposase coding genes. Several computational techniques for identifying pathogenicity islands exist. However, most of these techniques are only directed at the detection of horizontally transferred genes and/or the absence of certain genomic regions of the pathogenic bacterium in closely related non-pathogenic species. Here, we present a novel software suite designed for the prediction of pathogenicity islands (pathogenicity island prediction software, or PIPS). In contrast to other existing tools, our approach is capable of utilizing multiple features for pathogenicity island detection in an integrative manner. We show that PIPS provides better accuracy than other available software packages. As an example, we used PIPS to study the veterinary pathogen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, in which we identified seven putative pathogenicity islands.
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Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strain Cp267, Isolated from a Llama
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-07) LOPES, Thiago Souza; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; LIMA, Alex Ranieri Jerônimo; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; RIBEIRO, Dayana; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; HASSAN, Syed Shah; ALI, Amjad; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MIYOSHI, Anderson; EDMAN, Judy; SPIER, Sharon; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
In this work we report the genome of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain 267, isolated from a llama. This pathogen is of great veterinary and economic importance, as it is the cause of caseous lymphadenitis in several livestock species around the world and causes significant losses due to the high cost of treatment.
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Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strain 1/06-A, Isolated from a Horse in North America
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-08) PETHICK, Florence E.; LAINSON, Alex F.; YAGA, Raja; FLOCKHART, Allen; SMITH, David G. E.; DONACHIE, Willie; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; BOL, Erick Johny Maciel; LOPES, Thiago Souza; BARBOSA, Maria Silvanira Ribeiro; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; RIBEIRO, Dayana; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; HASSAN, Syed Shah; ALI, Amjad; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; FONTAINE, Michael C.
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis causes disease in several animal species, although distinct biovars exist that appear to be restricted to specific hosts. In order to facilitate a better understanding of the differences between biovars, we report here the complete genome sequence of the equine pathogen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain 1/06-A.
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The Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in silico predicted pan-exoproteome
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2012) SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; GALA-GARCÍA, Alfonso; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; BARH, Debmalya; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; TURK, Meritxell Zurita; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
Background: Pan-genomic studies aim, for instance, at defining the core, dispensable and unique genes within a species. A pan-genomics study for vaccine design tries to assess the best candidates for a vaccine against a specific pathogen. In this context, rather than studying genes predicted to be exported in a single genome, with pan genomics it is possible to study genes present in different strains within the same species, such as virulence factors. The target organism of this pan-genomic work here presented is Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) in goat and sheep, which causes significant economic losses in those herds around the world. Currently, only a few antigens against CLA are known as being the basis of commercial and still ineffective vaccines. In this regard, the here presented work analyses, in silico, five C. pseudotuberculosis genomes and gathers data to predict common exported proteins in all five genomes. These candidates were also compared to two recent C. pseudotuberculosis in vitro exoproteome results. Results: The complete genome of five C. pseudotuberculosis strains (1002, C231, I19, FRC41 and PAT10) were submitted to pan-genomics analysis, yielding 306, 59 and 12 gene sets, respectively, representing the core, dispensable and unique in silico predicted exported pan-genomes. These sets bear 150 genes classified as secreted (SEC) and 227 as potentially surface exposed (PSE). Our findings suggest that the main C. pseudotuberculosis in vitro exoproteome could be greater, appended by a fraction of the 35 proteins formerly predicted as making part of the variant in vitro exoproteome. These genomes were manually curated for correct methionine initiation and redeposited with a total of 1885 homogenized genes. Conclusions: The in silico prediction of exported proteins has allowed to define a list of putative vaccine candidate genes present in all five complete C. pseudotuberculosis genomes. Moreover, it has also been possible to define the in silico predicted dispensable and unique C. pseudotuberculosis exported proteins. These results provide in silico evidence to further guide experiments in the areas of vaccines, diagnosis and drugs. The work here presented is the first whole C. pseudotuberculosis in silico predicted pan-exoproteome completed till today.
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Complete genome sequences of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strains 3/99-5 and 42/02-A, isolated from sheep in Scotland and Australia, respectively
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-09) PETHICK, Florence E.; LAINSON, Alex F.; YAGA, Raja; FLOCKHART, Allen; SMITH, David G. E.; DONACHIE, Willie; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; BOL, Erick Johny Maciel; LOPES, Thiago Souza; BARBOSA, Maria Silvanira Ribeiro; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; RIBEIRO, Dayana; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; HASSAN, Syed Shah; ALI, Amjad; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; FONTAINE, Michael C.
Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of two ovine-pathogenic Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosisisolates: strain 3/99-5, which represents the first C. pseudotuberculosis genome originating from the United Kingdom, and 42/02-A, the second from Austra lia. These genome sequences will contribute to the objective of determining the global pan-genome of this bacterium.
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Whole-Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strain Cp162, Isolated from Camel
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012) HASSAN, Syed Shah; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; LIMA, Alex Ranieri Jerônimo; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; ALI, Amjad; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; RIBEIRO, Dayana; BARBOSA, Maria Silvanira Ribeiro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; SAXENA, Rashmi; TIWARI, Sandeep; ZAMBARE, Vasudeo; GHOSH, Preetam; PACHECO, Luis Gustavo Carvalho; DOWSON, Christopher G.; KUMAR, Anil; BARH, Debmalya; MIYOSHI, Anderson; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a pathogen of great veterinary and economic importance, since it affects livestock, mainly sheep and goats, worldwide, together with reports of its presence in camels in several Arabic, Asiatic, and East and West African countries, as well as Australia. In this article, we report the genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain Cp162, collected from the external neck abscess of a camel in the United Kingdom.
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Complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis strain P54B96 isolated from antelope in South Africa obtained by rapid next generation sequencing technology
(BioMed Central, 2012) HASSAN, Syed Shah; GUIMARÃES, Luís Carlos; PEREIRA, Ulisses de Pádua; ISLAM, Arshad; ALI, Amjad; BAKHTIAR, Syeda Marriam; RIBEIRO, Dayana; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; BARBOSA, Maria Silvanira Ribeiro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; ABURJAILE, Flavia Figueira; CARNEIRO, Adriana Ribeiro; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; NASCIMENTO, Karina Kelly Fiaux do; BARBOSA, Eudes Guilherme Vieira; DINIZ, Carlos Augusto Almeida; ROCHA, Flávia de Souza; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; JAIN, Neha; TIWARI, Sandeep; BARH, Debmalya; MIYOSHI, Anderson; MÜLLER, Borna; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; AZEVEDO, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho
The Actinobacteria, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain P54B96, a nonmotile, non sporulating and a mesophile bacterium, was isolated from liver, lung and mediastinal lymph node lesions in an antelope from South Africa. This strain is interesting in the sense that it has been found together with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) which could nevertheless play a role in the lesion formation. In this work, we describe a set of features of C. pseudotuberculosis P54B96, together with the details of the complete genome sequence and annotation. The genome comprises of 2.34 Mbp long, single circular genome with 2,084 protein-coding genes, 12 rRNA, 49 tRNA and 62 pseudogenes and a G+C content of 52.19%. The analysis of the genome se quence provides means to better understanding the molecular and genetic basis of virulence of this bacterium, enabling a detailed investigation of its pathogenesis.
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Evidence for reductive genome evolution and lateral acquisition of virulence functions in two Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains
(Public Library of Science, 2011-04) RUIZ, Jeronimo Conceição; FERREIRA, Vívian D'Afonseca da Silva; SILVA, Artur Luiz da Costa da; ALI, Amjad; GOMIDE, Anne Cybelle Pinto; SANTOS, Anderson Rodrigues dos; ROCHA, Aryane Aparecida Magalhães Cassiano; DORELLA, Fernanda Alves; PACHECO, Luis Gustavo Carvalho; COSTA, Marcilia Pinheiro da; TURK, Meritxell Zurita; SEYFFERT, Núbia; MORAES, Pablo Matias Ribeiro de Oliveira; SOARES, Siomar de Castro; ALMEIDA, Sintia Silva de; CASTRO, Thiago Luiz de Paula; ABREU, Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de; TROST, Eva; BAUMBACH, Jan; TAUCH, Andreas; SCHNEIDER, Maria Paula Cruz; MCCULLOCH, John Anthony; CERDEIRA, Louise Teixeira; RAMOS, Rommel Thiago Juca; ZERLOTINI NETO, Adhemar; DOMINITINI, Anderson Joaquim; RESENDE, Daniela de Melo; COSER, Elisângela Monteiro; OLIVEIRA, Luciana Márcia de; PEDROSA, André Luiz; VIEIRA, Carlos Ueira; GUIMARÃES, Claudia Teixeira; BARTHOLOMEU, Daniela C.; OLIVEIRA, Diana Magalhães de; SANTOS, Fabrício Rodrigues dos; RABELO, Elida Mara Leite; LOBO, Francisco Pereira; FRANCO, Gloria Regina; COSTA, Ana Flávia Dias Vieira da
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen, is the etiologic agent of the disease known as caseous lymphadenitis (CL). CL mainly affects small ruminants, such as goats and sheep; it also causes infections in humans, though rarely. This species is distributed worldwide, but it has the most serious economic impact in Oceania, Africa and South America. Although C. pseudotuberculosis causes major health and productivity problems for livestock, little is known about the molecular basis of its pathogenicity.